I first heard about Site Build It! at Problogger where Darren had put up a glowing user review. To be honest, I was skeptical reading the review. The review was altogether too praising and there weren’t any disadvantages listed. Then I started reading the comments and realized that there weren’t any cons pointed out because people hadn’t found any.

Site Build It! targets everyone who is confused by keywords, search engine optimization and ad placements. If you want to focus on your writing and not spend weeks trying to grasp the countless aspects of monetizing your website then SBI! is for you.

SBI! is on my list of things to get as soon as I reach a few goals and complete the timeline I’ve set for myself. But you don’t have to follow my timeline. They have a great ‘Buy-1 Get-1 Free’ Christmas offer going on. When you buy one SBI! they give you another free of cost. It would make for a great Christmas gift to someone, or you can use this offer to set up two sites.

The cost of Site Built It! is not too high, but it costs enough to make you look into it thoroughly before making the purchase. You will have to renew your SBI! every year. If the testimonials are anything to go by, that’s not an issue if you’re hosting your business through it as the returns make up for the yearly renewal.

Their offer ends at the stroke of midnight on Christmas day. Surprise your loved ones or yourself and order SBI! before then. Got Questions? Contact SBI! and get answers.

Nothing like a weekly post to tell you how fast a week goes by. I’ve recovered from the flu which saw me sleeping for 10-12 hours a day, thanks to all the flu meds that seem to have so much sedatives in them. All that’s past me now and I’d much sooner forget being weak as a babe. This week saw me reading and loving the following posts.

1. The Renegade Writer’s Blog has an excellent post about distracted writers. It was like Linda was inside my head when writing the post. Of course, I was no where near as constructive about my lack of focus as Linda. Must learn.
2. Robust Writing tackles the problems of overstatements in writing.
3. Thinking of starting a freelance business? Freelance Folder has an excellent post that covers the basics of starting a freelance business.
4. I’ve been curious about e-books for a while. So it was a joy to read Confident Writing’s guide to compiling a free e-book. Joanna offers great resources that got her started. I’m thinking it will make for a great fun project!
5. This one’s my favourite. I love books and can never have enough of them! Allena Tapia has an excellent list compiled about writing books. Check out her top ten books to get your freelance writer for Christmas.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! And with these gems SLOD takes your leave. Till next Sunday! Before then watch out for a post about a certain stubborn muse I know.

As bloggers, our worst nightmare is waking up one day and finding out that our blog has disappeared. The mere idea is enough to make me break out in a sweat! There are quite a few online services that store back ups of blogs. I found Blogbackupr to be the most hassle free. A quick rundown of its important features.

• It runs over the Internet.
• Requires no installation.
• Stores media, template and images.
• Support WordPress and Blogger.
• Makes daily back ups.

To back up a blog, all it requires is an email address and the blog’s URL. The back up starts immediately after which an email is sent which contains the password. This procedure is as simple as it gets. For a service that’s still in its beta version, it works surprisingly well.

Note: For a blog to be backed up by Blogbackupr, it must have an RSS feed.

Not the best of names but I’m drowning in cough syrup. Why do they have sedatives in them anyway? I also have a killer flu and I do not have the energy to post anything that would take more effort than this.

When I did a post on ’5 things I’m doing wrong at the base’, one of the things I acknowledged I wasn’t doing was a weekly round up of links I loved. I’ve decided to remedy that. Therefore, every Sunday, I’ll be featuring (not necessarily) five links that I’ve found helpful.

Therefore, presenting you with my very first SLOD.

1. Blogger dad talks about going from a blogging newbie to pro in three months – A tongue in cheek post it may be, but he just described what I do as a blog reader perfectly. Well, except for the pictures bit. I never have any time to look at them.
2. You have to check out Rachael’s Words on Writing. She has excellent posts about Ten proofreading tips and 16 proof reading errors our brain doesn’t want us to see. I missed out quite a few all the errors except one! Be sure to check the comments. There were a few more mistakes that Rachael pointed out in them.
3. As a new freelancer, Davina’s post about fear closing in struck a chord. Right now, I’m scared of so many things regarding my freelancing that its making me mad!
4. Blogging without a blog has an interesting post about the unseen benefits of commenting. I hadn’t thought of commenting in quite that way but it’s certainly motivation to comment more!
5. A blog to read daily and over and over again is Daily Writing Tips. For some unexplainable reason…every time I comment on that blog my English goes out the window – literally! Want an example? Check out my two comments at DWT’s latest post about irregular verbs. Then come back and find the faults in the sentence I corrected. “Correction: I refuse to even imagine a time where such (bad) grammar was a norm.” Go on, don’t spare my feelings.

On a closing note, I added the word link to the title because the abbreviation of Sunday Overdose was SOD which might not be funny, but in my current state, I’m very amused by it!

Today was a good day. In fact, an excellent day. It rained all night which, in my desert land is almost a once a year occurrence. The chill in the air and gentle warmth in the sun had me dragging my desk in front of the window to enjoy the day while I worked on the new template.

Remember I offered 5 hours for Thanksgiving? Well there were no takers and so I was thrilled to give those hours to myself. The result of 3 of those you can see. I have to say I’m mighty proud. Even if all I did was follow instructions! I forgot to screen capture an image of my old blog template so new readers won’t have anything to compare

There’s still quite a lot to be done. The banner at the top is not mine. It came with the template, which came for free. However it’s very cool as the ads keep on changing with every page which is why I haven’t removed it completely. I need a little help with figuring out how to place ads or if affiliates would be better. But since I barely get enough traffic signing up for affiliates might be too early.

I couldn’t wait to update my weblog style in Windows Live Writer. The blue and grey looks great! All right, I’ll stop gushing about the new template. I need you guys to tell me how it looks, what I can do to make it better and/or if something is not working like it’s supposed to. The help would be much appreciated!

Small changes and tweaks will keep on happening so if you happen to come by and find something horribly out of place, please don’t think its bad designing. It would just be my rusty html skills!